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Hi All
New episode of the workshop build on YouTube.
Episode 4: Confronting Chaos (dramatic I know).
Sorry Franz, I suddenly remembered your handle is Franz1997 not 1999 but I couldn't take the video down and re-edit it.
I didn't have the heart. I'll put the correction in the description.
To anyone I didn't mention, you'll make it on next time. It was late and I was nodding off whilst finishing up at 2:00am.
I need to add voice over on the videos to make them more entertaining. I think these videos are ok, but I know I can step them up a notch.
P.s I'm looking for forum members music to use in my videos. If you have any you would like to contribute, that would be great. You'll get mentioned in the video and a link to your channel if you have one. I might not use everything I'm sent (if anything) but I would like to use music from lesser known jazz guitarists. Just Pm me a link. I have software that can download the mp3 from most platforms.
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04-20-2023 04:08 PM
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Bill Moll used a pair of spruce bars between the neck and the end block, with deeply scalloped x braces on his Workingman’s hero guitar.
It was remarkably loud acoustically with a beautiful tone. It made me reevaluate what I thought I knew about laminate archtops.
There are a few laminate archtops with posts/trestle braces, Guild 170 and Gretsch come to mind. It would be worth experimenting with post position and direction.
Bill Moll’s approach was structural, with interesting tonal side effects on my sample of 1.
following with interest and optimism.
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Hi all
Episode 5 of the workshop build. Still a long way to go but things are starting to get a little organised.
This was all filmed in January so still a few months behind. I'm trying to put as much as I can in one video without it getting too boring, so I can get things up to speed.
Onwards and upwards!
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Hi Everyone
New video up (Episode 6) for the workshop build.
In this video I will be:
Moving the spray booth and dust extractor up onto the mezzanine.
Moving the panel saw and CNC into Room 2
Clearing more rubbish out from the last business.
Cutting holes in walls.
Cleaning.
Painting.
Giving away some really nice cabinets, I didn't have room for (which I still regret).
Once again, thanks to everyone for your help and enthusiasm. I'm going to need a lot more of it so hang in there
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Congrats Archie, nice job of adapting your workspace !
But your stairs without guardrails scare me...
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Me too JFranck.
I've kinda got used to them but complacency is a big part of workplace accidents. I definitely make sure not to have anything I could trip over at the top of the stairs.
I will see to it that the stairs are made good.
The great thing about all this machinery is that anything I need building with wood, should be a doodle.
I'm actually putting the ducting in now and should have the machines fired up next week. I'm trying to fit as much as I can into each episode so I can bring everyone up to speed. I think another two episodes and I can then start posting a daily or bi-weekly vlog.
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Hi All
New Episode of the 'New Workshop Build'
I think I'm up to about April now in terms of vlogs/episodes. I'm hoping that by the next two, I'll be up to date entirely.
I've been doing a lot of CAD over the last few weeks and fitting ducting in the machining room, which I'll cover in the next episode.
Last edited by Archie; 05-23-2023 at 06:29 PM.
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I'd like to take this opportunity and say that I have little to no input on what the thumbnail says.
My partner does them and she won't let me change them, even though sometimes I would like to
I appreciate her help.
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Hi All
Sorry it's been a month since I last posted an update video on the workshop build.
In this episode I take delivery of a new Bandsaw, I change the impeller on my dust extractor, put up some lighting for the assembly area and electrocute myself with 240V in the process!
As you can tell I'm still alive, or writing from the grave.
There is only one more video I need to do, which will be 'Episode 9'. That will be me putting up the ducting for the machining rooms, doing some more LED lighting and something else that doesn't come to mind atm.
Once that video is done (some time this week), everything will be up to date.
Sorry for the delay, I am flat out but plodding on.
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Thank (Archtop) Heaven for rubber-soled shoes!
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What do you call a guitarist with a band saw? ...
... A former guitarist.
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Still working on finishing Episode 9 of the workshop build. In the meantime I popped into Axminster tools UK to have a look at some sanding stations for bridge, nut, tailpiece and pick-guard manufacturing.
It might be of interest and I recorded the visit, so here it is.
They don't specialise in guitar tools but they do sell workshop tools and machines, which are likely common in most luthier workshops.
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Hi All
Just posted my new episode of the workshop build Episode 9.
This brings everything to to date, as of last week. There was over 100 hours of footage to edit down and it's taken me about 4 days to complete
Really happy to have things up to date because I would really like to start doing a daily style vlog so I can now involve you guys more in the process by posting video questions about upcoming ideas and planning.
If the video is bad quality, it's because YouTube is still decompressing it for an HD version.
In this video I:
Put some more led lights up
Build a wall and put a door into the machining room,
Put up all the ducting for the machines
I find all the parts to my panel saw and reassemble it from the move
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This has been a long time coming
Thanks everyone for commenting and wishing me well in this build; It's meant a lot.
In this video I talk about the workshop, CAD work, 3D scanning, Forma's and veneering + what I hope to achieve.
I'm going to try and move to a weekly videos, as I go through the process of learning to build. These will hopefully be more interactive, as I'll need all the help I can get.
Onwards & Upwards!
Last edited by Archie; 05-01-2024 at 03:39 PM.
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I thought I would do a workshop update.
Last week I was book matching and butt joining veneers. I tested a few methods and so far have settled on something that works well but needs finessing. I fired up the big wide belt sander and managed to create some very pleasing results.
I take two consecutive veneers, trim the edge on a jig I made for my sliding panel saw, glue and tape the veneers together to make one big sheet (16”) and then after the glue has 'grab’ cured (2 hours), I take the sheet and put it through the wide belt sander.
The results are that I have a 16” wide sheet, with a very nice finish (120 grit) and a thickness consistency of about 0.09mm across the sheet, which is fantastic!
I might be able to improve it to an over all consistency of 0.05mm, but 0.09mm is perfectly acceptable.
0.09mm = 0.0035”
I then took that sheet with 3 others and pressed them over my JP20 former in the vacuum press. That all worked really well so i’m now well on my way to making my first arched top plate.
I will of course do a video detailing it all. Things are getting really exciting but I had a set back this week as it became apparent my dust extractor had been leaking dust into the workshop. In response I've had to pretty much empty the workshop, and wipe down and hoover every surface, every little tool etc…
I’m still in the process of finishing this and will be done hopefully by Thursday.
From then I will get back to making veneers and pressing a plate which I can hopefully achieve by the weekend and have a video up for Sunday.
Here’s some random pics. I take too much video footage and not enough pics.
Last edited by Archie; 06-18-2024 at 06:55 AM.
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Hey Super
That’s the cutaway half of a JP20. To bend the sides I need a former, so after scanning the guitar, I cut the body in half (in CAD) and turned the outer contour into a solid surface. That then allowed me to machine the contour of the body on the CNC. I used I think 3 x 18mm thick pieces of MDF and then bolted them together.
So yes, it's a side bending former for vacuum pressing the sides.
Good spot there!
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